Create a Single-Attribute Payroll Time Card Field

You can use an independent or dependent payroll time attribute.

1. Make sure that the payroll time attributes and all applicable custom time attributes exist in the data dictionary.
2. Go to Setup and Maintenance > Workforce Deployment > Time and Labor > Time Entry Layout Components.
3. Create the single-attribute time card field.
4. On the Field Definition page, enter the general properties.

   Field	Best Practice
   Name	Enter a unique short name, possibly using agreed on abbreviations, such as PTT for payroll time type. This name appears in the Name drop-down list on the Edit Layout dialog box, Time Card Matrix page. That drop-down list shows only the first 15 characters.
   Description	Provide a concise but complete description of the purpose of the time card field or web clock buttons. It really helps people who are configuring time layouts to know which components to add or delete.

5. Configure the time attributes, data sources, and filters for the filtered data source, as appropriate. Typically, the most appropriate filtered and unfiltered data source is the first value in the drop-down list.
6. Configure the reported time options for workers, line managers, and time and labor managers.
   • All options apply only where the field is used to report time. They're ignored where the field is used to show calculated time and on other, nonreported time pages.
   • Any Filtered Data Source for Time Entry selection that you make for line managers and time and labor managers overrides the selection in the Time Attribute and Data Source section. You only need to do this when managers need a less granular filter than workers.
7. Optionally, configure a default value for the field when it's added to time cards. People add fields to a time card when they open the time card, add an attribute row, or add an entry.

   Select the population method for new field entries from these options:

   • No default value: Don't automatically populate the new field with an entry.
   • Specific value: Automatically populate the new field with the specified value. The unfiltered data source selected in step 3 populates the Specific Display Value drop-down list.
   • Function: Automatically populate the new field with the value derived by the selected function, such as Based on primary assignment. The function uses the filtered data source. This option is available only if the time attribute has delivered functions.

   Note: Any default value that you specify is ignored by My Client Groups > Show More > Time > Team Time Cards > Generate Time Cards. The team time cards generate process uses the attribute values specified on that Generate Time Cards page instead.
8. Configure the field-level display properties.
   1. Select the display type.
   2. Edit the display name, as appropriate. This name is the default column header in tables on the time card pages.

      To fully render the display name on time card, calendar, and web clock pages and dialog boxes, limit the name to 70 characters or less.

   3. Optionally enable override on layouts. Enabling the override lets people set different, meaningful display names in various layout sets that use the same layout component.
   4. Specify whether the time card field is required. Required fields always appear on the page and people need to provide a value.
      Tip:

      To keep people from submitting time cards with no entries, make sure that at least one time card field on the time layout is required.

      The validation that checks for values in the required fields runs when people save or submit time cards.